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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Feb 25, 2002
Jamie, I don't know... I'd like to see how Photoshop runs on a quad P4 Xeon 2GHz... (the chips with the 1MB of level-1 cache...) 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Feb 25, 2002
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ThePixelGuru (MUG, SATS Member) Posted Mar 1, 2002
True, true. I hadn't heard much about those. How much do those things cost? There are a few cool things about Macs, though.
1. Comes with a lot of software you either have to download or buy with a PC.
2. Just like the setup, i.e. features etc. Hey, get this: Microsoft admits that Office v.X (only on Mac OS X) is better on a Mac and has more features on it that the older PC version. I like that. 
Another thing - My friend has this PC only CD at my house, and we put it in my 4 year old iMac just for the ____ of it. I look at some trailers, and run more of them here than on his 2 year old PC. Compatibility, maybe? Ah, well.
I suppose that it's really a matter of preference, but our preference as Mac users is right!
Well, see you guys around.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 1, 2002
I use both - it's a case of whatever tool takes the least effort for a particular job. I'm just lazy.
I can't remember the price of Xenon CPUs, which is a pretty fair indicator they're well over £1000 each, since I only remember the price of things I have a remote chance of affording. A quad slot-one board to fit them in is somewhere around the £350-£400 mark... 
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Michele - Doily Mogul: Don't leave me! If you go there'll be no braincells in the room at all! Posted Mar 1, 2002
I was wrong earlier about the newest Mac being a G4 833 dual processor - I just saw an ad for a Mac G4 1 gig dual-processor out! WOW! I have to admit though, I am a techno-junkie! And there's nothing that I like to do better than walk through a comp USA and look at all the new computers, sound systems, gadgets and computer games! 
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ThePixelGuru (MUG, SATS Member) Posted Mar 3, 2002
Yeah, the new G4 Tower is quite impressive. Did you see the 128MB GeForce 4, though? I told that to one of my friends, and he refused to believe it until I showed him the web site. It's first out on the new G4. Only costs $3000 plus monitor.
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Mar 8, 2002
Okay, I'll join. U171729 I'm puterly challanged. Some day, when enough time goes by, I plan to actually read the instructions that are inside Mac. (I've only had Mac two year now.)Untill then, I agree to be the Apple-Butt of all your jokes. 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 8, 2002
Pandora, you're in!
You're safe, btw, since as I've admitted to using PCs on a regular basis I'm already the butt of all the jokes around here. 
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ThePixelGuru (MUG, SATS Member) Posted Mar 9, 2002
Yeah, Peet, I forgot to thank you - you save me from being ridiculed about buying a Windozer tomarrow.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 9, 2002
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Wumbeevil Posted Mar 11, 2002
Can I bring down the tone of this group? I don't hate PCs, but I currently have a beard and can arrange to "smell of wee" by running Mac User Sprinkler Attachment 1.0 if that is a membership requirement.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U37312
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Wumbeevil Posted Mar 11, 2002
....but I prefer to be known as http://www.h2g2.com/guide/U37312
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dasilva Posted Mar 24, 2002
It's probably about time I joined I supposed, he said typing away on his G3 466MHz 192MB RAM iBook (late clamshell model) during sickleave from work (766MHz ~600MB RAM G4 mini-tower w/ 21" monitor)...
I must admit to using PC's on the odd occassion, but the happy day when Discreet finally convert 3DStudioMax to MacOS I'll never look back
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Abi Posted Mar 28, 2002
Can I join - I have a Mac powerbook.
I love it cos it is exactly like me; curvy, steady and only appreciated by a select few! 
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Mar 28, 2002
Just like me! Except that I'm not claiming to be steady 
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Abi Posted Mar 28, 2002
Well my balance is shot to pieces, but I am emotionally stea... oh that is not true either!
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 28, 2002
You're in...
And, thanks to Jim's numerically organised "contributors" code, you leap in at the top of the list! 
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- 46: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 1, 2002)
- 47: Michele - Doily Mogul: Don't leave me! If you go there'll be no braincells in the room at all! (Mar 1, 2002)
- 48: ThePixelGuru (MUG, SATS Member) (Mar 3, 2002)
- 49: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Mar 8, 2002)
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- 51: ThePixelGuru (MUG, SATS Member) (Mar 9, 2002)
- 52: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 9, 2002)
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- 54: Wumbeevil (Mar 11, 2002)
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